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Transit considers bus fares By Jessie Stensland Co-Editor
Coupeville Councilman Bob Clay won’t be steering the Island Transit board of directors anymore. Clay gave up his chairmanship at a meeting last Friday in which his fellow board members agreed to move forward quickly with changes at the agency which has been marked by controversy and difficulty over the last year. Staff members came up with a plan to restore some of the service that was lost because of surprise budget problems last year. They will hold a series of community meetings to gather public input beginning Monday, Jan. 26. The new board met last Friday for the first time this year and adopted an ambitious plan that includes a serious look into charging fares on buses and even a discussion about working with another transit agency to take over service on Camano Island. Oak Harbor Councilman Rick Almberg and Island County commissioners Jill Johnson and Rick Hannold sat as new members on the board; they replace Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley and commissioners Helen Price Johnson and Aubrey Vaughan. Coupeville Councilman Clay, the longtime chairman, said his council hadn’t yet decided whom to appoint to the board this year, and there’s a chance someone else will want to serve. Coupeville Town Council was slated to discuss the board appointment during its regular meeting Jan. 13, but councilwoman Molly Hughes was absent due to illness. She asked the item be postponed to the Jan. 27 meeting. Langley Councilman Jim Sundberg has said he hopes to continue on the board. Clay announced that he was stepping down as chairman. He took on the role of director of the agency for months after former director Martha Rose quit last year. “I’ve been board chairman for a long time, and someone else needs to assume the position with all the glory and pay that goes along with it,” he joked. Hannold quickly nominated Almberg as the new chairman. Almberg at first demurred, saying that Sundberg had the “tribal knowledge” to do the job.
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Port of Coupeville Commissioner Marshall Bronson, center, swears in newly-appointed commissioner John Carr, not shown, immediately following the resignation of Bill Larsen, left. Commissioner Mike Diamanti, right, approved both actions.
Port prompts transparency concern Candidate hand-picked by board to fill vacant seat By Megan Hansen Co-Editor
The appointment of a hand-picked commissioner to the Port of Coupeville last week raised questions about whether the public agency conducts business in an open and transparent manner. Two members of the three-person board chose a commissioner without advertising the opening to the public. In addition, port officials may have been conducting business by “polling,” which is when a public official contacts individual members of a board in an improper attempt to make decisions outside of a public meeting. John Carr, a retired real estate agent, was appointed to the board immediately after Commissioner Bill Larsen tendered his resignation. Carr will fill the position until it is up for re-election in November. The manner in which the board came to this decision raises “legitimate” questions, said Nancy Krier, the state’s assistant attorney general for open government. During the December port meeting, Larsen initially submitted his resignation effective Jan. 31, citing personal reasons. No discussion about how to fill the vacancy was conducted
during that meeting. However, Larsen tendered his resignation effective immediately at the following Jan. 14 meeting and Carr was promptly sworn in. Carr said during the meeting he was excited about being approached and was ready to serve. Commissioner Marshall Bronson said the board members chose someone they felt had qualities that were beneficial, specifically citing Carr’s real estate background as an advantage for ongoing negotiations with the Greenbank Farm Management Group contract. While state law may not require the board to publicly advertise an open position, the port has done so in the past. After the December meeting, Commissioner Mike Diamanti researched past protocol when Laura Blankenship resigned from
her seat in April 2013. Diamanti advised new Executive Director David Day in an email obtained in a records request that past protocol entailed advertising a request for applications and suggested candidates would be interviewed during the February meeting. Instead, the board chose not to advertise the opening or even open it to the public. Bronson said he felt the board had a specific desire for certain expertise and also felt the position needed to be filled as soon as possible. “The public doesn’t have to do it each time,” Bronson said. Per state law, once a position is vacated, the board has 90 days to appoint a qualified person to fill the seat.
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TRANSIT: Board looks at new direction, fees
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From left, Rick Almberg, Bob Clay and Rick Hannold discuss business during the transit board meeting Friday.
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But the other members, including Sundberg, coaxed him into taking on the job, saying that he has the energy, tough-mindedness and passion to handle the challenge. Even before he was chosen as chairman, Almberg presented the board with a motion to place a series of six issues on the agenda for the March 27 meeting for discussion and possible action. The entire board agreed. The issues are a financial stabilization plan; consideration of new funding sources; review of overlapping bus routes with other transit areas; a review of routes and schedules; consideration of joint ventures with Whidbey Island Naval Air Station and the schools; and a possible change in boundaries of the public transportation benefit area. In an interview, Almberg said he’s pleased that a financial stabilization plan is already in the works, but he would like to see a “real reserve” similar to what Oak Harbor has. The reserve, he said, should only be used for emergencies and should only be spent with a vote of the majority of the board. Almberg wants to move forward with an analysis of whether it makes financial sense to start charging fares on buses, which have long been fare-free. While the former director claimed it would cost too much to implement, he pointed out that the other agencies in the state find it financially prudent to collect fares. In addition, he said he wanted to explore the idea of changing the district boundaries so that another agency handles Camano Island. He pointed out that latest statistics from Island Transit show that providing bus service on Camano costs $16.57 a rider while it’s $7.26 a rider on Whidbey. Almberg said there’s already some bus service overlap with other agencies on Camano, and one of those
agencies might be able to provide service at a lower cost. “It would make sense to at least meet with the other agencies,” he said. Island Transit is funded through local sales tax and a combination of state and federal grants. Almberg said he realizes that Camano Island is getting a greater benefit than it’s paying for since Camano doesn’t generate a lot of sales tax dollars, but he said that inequity isn’t his main concern. “It’s all about having the best service for the taxpayers’ dollars,” he said. Also, Almberg said the agency should consider partnering with the Navy base and school districts. He’s aware of another transit agency in the state that cooperates with a school district to transport kids. Ken Graska, the interim director, said the staff will gather all the information it can to assist the board in answering the many questions at the March 27 meeting. Meanwhile, Almberg said he’ll be rolling up his sleeves. “I am going to ask good questions, and I’m going to get good answers,” he said. “And then I’m going to ask questions about those answers.” n Island Transit is holding a series of community meetings to receive public input on transit system enhancements, including routes and schedules that will affect Routes 1, 2, 11 and bus service on the south end of Whidbey Island. These community meetings will be held throughout Whidbey Island on the following dates at the listed locations: Oak Harbor Library Monday, Jan. 26, 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2-4 p.m. Bayview Senior Center Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2-4 p.m. Freeland Public Library Thursday, Feb. 5, 4-6 p.m. Clinton Community Hall Thursday, Jan. 29, 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, 2-4 p.m.
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Red Dress Ball targets women’s heart health By Michelle Beahm Staff Reporter
For the fourth year, the three Soroptimist International groups on Whidbey Island are teaming up to help raise funds and awareness for women’s heart health. The fourth Red Dress Ball will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Whidbey Golf and Country Club in Oak Harbor. The event will feature a buffet dinner, a short educational program about heart health, a dessert option and dancing, as well as a raffle. The proceeds from the tickets, desserts and raffle will be split evenly among the Oak Harbor, Coupeville and South Whidbey chapters of Soroptimist International to fund the Heart of a Woman program. That program helps women with screenings for heart disease, paying for both the screenings and, for qualified women, necessary healthcare, according to Marta Page of the Oak Harbor branch. “I think so far since (Heart of a Woman) started, we have helped at least 450 women on the island get heart health screenings,” Page said. The program will educate attendees about heart health in relation to emergency room visits. “It’s to promote heart health for women because more women die from heart disease than any other disease,” Page said. “(Statisti-
cally,) it’s getting better … with education and awareness, so we’d like to continue that.” Page started the Red Dress Ball four years ago while she was the presidentelect of her chapter; she said starting it was “one of my dreams.” “The reason I wanted us to do this was sort of personal,” Page said. “My dad died at the age of 39 after a couple of heart attacks, and of course we all paid attention, but I ended up having my own little incident before I was 50.” Which chapter pays for a woman’s heart screening is determined by the zip code she lives in, Page said. The chapters have printed 140 tickets for the event, which are available for purchase at the Soroptimist Thrift Store: Upscale Resale, Casual House, from Soroptimist members of any club or by calling Page at 360-675-5999. Ticket cost is $50. “We’d love to have all kinds of people come just to expose them to the program, to let them know that this program is out there.” Page said that anyone attending the Red Dress Ball can expect “great food, great fun, a compact program.” “Our goal is to make it a fun evening to raise awareness for women’s heart health issues and to fund our program.”
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Woodworker Gary Leake, a member of the Penn Cove Gallery’s board of directors, discusses logistics during a remodel Monday at the Coupeville gallery.
Gallery closed for remodel By RON NEWBERRY Staff reporter
Sometimes, being an artist in a cooperative gallery involves painting walls as well as canvases. That’s the case this month at Penn Cove Gallery in Coupeville, where artists are working on a remodel that will keep the gallery’s doors closed to the public until Jan. 31. New carpet will be installed, new
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the same carpet that was present when Penn Cove Gallery opened at its present Front Street location in June of 2000. The Penn Cove Gallery rarely closes, shutting its doors only for three holidays a year, but this was a needed move to provide a fresh look, watercolor artist Phyllis Drummond said. A soft reopening will happen from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 31 with a more grand reopening planned for March 7 during the Penn Cove Musselfest.
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Transparency matters for all taxing districts The Port of Coupeville is one of those small governmental entities that most people probably don’t dwell on. The public agency owns such iconic Whidbey Island destinations as the Coupeville Wharf and the Greenbank Farm, but it’s run by a three-person board of elected commissioners and a director. It has limited resources. The public doesn’t exactly wait in line to get into board meetings. So it may not seem like a big deal if the three-person board and the director sometimes don’t do things strictly by the book or cut corners when it comes to public involvement. But transparency and openness are vital at all levels of government. Perhaps more so in local governments, which aren’t run by political professionals but by normal people trying their best. The public needs to know how tax dollars are being spent. While we applaud John Carr for volunteering to be on the port board, the manner of his appointment was concerning for a number of reasons. Commissioner Bill Larsen submitted his resignation in December effective Jan. 31, yet came to the Jan. 14 meeting prepared to resign immediately. The board already had approached and courted Carr for the position. He was sworn in immediately after Larsen’s resignation. The vacant position was not advertised to the public and the public was not included in the selection process. Commissioner Marshal Bronson, who serves as the board president, said he specifically picked Carr because he felt the board would benefit from his real estate background. In previous cases where a board member resigned, the board advertised the opening and made the selection in a public meeting. After the meeting, Bronson told an Examiner reporter the public didn’t have to be involved each time. The fact that the port had everything lined up to appoint a new commissioner without even discussing in a public meeting is concerning. Nancy Krier, assistant attorney general for open government, said the situation raises the concern the commissioners are conducting business outside a public meeting. Commissioner Mike Diamanti said its common for the executive director to contact commissioners individually about an issue of concern in between the board’s monthly meetings. He used the example of an additional $400 expenditure on a project arising and the executive director getting authorization to spend the money. According to Krier, state law prohibits these kinds of actions, referring to it as polling. Decisions have to be made in a public meeting. The Port of Coupeville is a public agency, funded by public dollars, operating publicly-owned property. The key word being PUBLIC.
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Thanks for supporting food bank’s Meals 2 Kids program
Editor, On Jan. 15, Andreas and Lisa Wurzainer of Christopher’s restaurant in Coupeville hosted their second annual fundraiser for the Meals 2 Kids program. This program is run by Gifts from the Heart food bank and sends food for the weekend home with students at Coupeville Elementary School, whom might not otherwise have enough. Andreas and Lisa donate the food and liquor sales, prepare the food, pay their staff and close their restaurant for the evening. Thank you for making this event happen and for your generous contributions of money, time and talent. Also thanks to Ed Wix from US Foods, Jennifer Taylor from Sysco and Penn Cove Shellfish for food donations. The seven staff members of Christopher’s, Chelsea, Jeannie, Emma, David, Sebastian, Bruce and Rick, who provided exceptional service that evening also donated their tips from the night to the program, thank you! Entertainment was provided by “Hey Bulldog.” The talented musicians included John Tristao, Larry Mason, Kevin
Johnson and sound engineer, Mitch Larsen. After dining on an endless supply of mouth-watering food, everyone in attendance danced the night away to fabulous Beatles music. Thank you for donating your evening and talents to our event. Special thanks to Beth Tristao, queen of ticket sales and promotion. Your enthusiasm and energy for making this night a success was contagious. And finally, thank you to the community members who bought tickets, we sold out for the second year. Because everything was donated, 100 percent of ticket sales went to the Meals 2 Kids program. In one evening, we were able to raise enough money to send food home with 40 students for an entire school year. On behalf of all the food bank volunteers, and most of all, the children who will receive this weekend food, thank you for this very special and unique fundraiser. Your commitment to helping us “respectfully provide food to those in need” and your concern for the hungry kids in our community is inspiring and appreciated.
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Native American exhibit opens Coupeville HUB for seniors By Ron Newberry Staff Reporter
All activities begin at 1 p.m. at the Coupeville United Methodist Church on Main Street. Lunch is served every Wednesday at noon. For more information, contact Glenda Cantrell at glenda@islandseniorservices.org or 360-720-2955. Wednesday, Jan. 21
seated exercises designed to strengthen muscles improve flexibility and movement. Wednesday, Feb. 11 Valentine collage cards. Express feelings with a unique Valentine card. Also fill a bottle with chocolate kisses. Sometimes you just need a “kiss.”
Tips for seniors to prepare for emergencies. Create a grab and go kit, create your out of area contact info, and how to get more info. There will also a question-and-answer period. Friday, Jan. 23
A wood carving of the Maiden of Deception Pass, a Samish legend, is on loan as part of a new Native American exhibit that is opening at the Island County Historical Museum Saturday. One Coupeville resident loaned a large wood carving of a local Native American legend, the Maiden of Deception Pass, which is encased in glass. Another donated a chair made of driftwood to use for story-telling. The “Native People —Native Places” exhibit will coincide with another traveling exhibit that also is opening Saturday at the Coupeville museum. “Northwest Treaty Trail, 1854-1856” is an exhibit that will be on display upstairs from Jan. 24 to April 12. Its
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Packing 10,000 years of history into a 1,400-square foot room is an impractical, perhaps even impossible, task. And Rick Castellano will be the first to tell you. However, Castellano, executive director of the Island County Historical Society Museum, believes what will be unveiled to the public Saturday, Jan. 24, will be a good first step in telling the stories of the Native Americans that once lived along the beaches of Penn Cove for centuries. “Native People — Native Places” is a permanent exhibit that will be showcased in the museum’s basement and is the product of a year’s worth of preparation and many years of careful planning by Castellano. “It’s been a long haul,” Castellano said. “It will continue. It will never be done. It will be ever-evolving.” The exhibit will feature a large collection of artifacts, pieces and photographs that represent the area’s earliest inhabitants and were long stored away in the basement. Special focus will be placed on the Lower Skagit people, now of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and also the Snohomish, now part of the Tulalip Tribes. The museum’s signature item is the 28-foot-long, restored Snakelum Family Canoe built in the 1850s that rests in front of a massive lit panoramic image of
TOWN OF COUPEVILLE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Island County Hearing Room January 27, 2015 6:30 pm
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CHANGES AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Council Meeting of January 9, 2015 MAYOR’S REPORT AUDIENCE INPUT See NOTE NEW BUSINESS 1. Appointment to Island Transit Board 2. Approval of January 27, 2015 Claims Vouchers/ Warrants. STAFF REPORTS COUNCIL REPORTS AUDIENCE INPUT See NOTE
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NOTE: Audience Input This is time set aside for members of the public to speak to the Council about subjects of concern or interest, or items not already set aside for a public hearing. Questions presented may not be answered immediately if all information is not available, but will be responded to as soon as possible. To ensure your comments are recorded properly, you need to state your name and address clearly into the microphone. Please limit your comments to 5 minutes. Input requiring more lengthy comment is best submitted in writing. NOTE: Persons with disabilities requiring elevator access to the Hearing Room, please call twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled event to ClerkTreasurer (360) 678-4461, ext 7.
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The Whidbey Examiner • Thursday, January 22, 2015
Boys win, girls fall at Mount Vernon Christian By Jim Waller Staff Reporter
It’s time for the stretch run for the Coupeville High School basketball teams. The Wolves wrapped up the nonleague portion of their schedule at Mount Vernon Christian Saturday, Jan. 17, with the boys winning 61-55 and the girls falling 50-46. Now Coupeville faces seven straight Olympic League games and the race to the playoffs. The first of those games was Wednesday, Jan. 21, against Chimacum. Results were not available at press time. The Coupeville girls (2-0, 8-5) have an early lead in the conference standings, having won games against Klahowya (2-1, 2-10) and Port Townsend (0-3, 0-12). They also own, by far, the best season record among the four teams. Chimacum is 1-1 in league play, 2-9 overall. The Coupeville boys also hold the best season record in the conference at 4-8, but they currently sit at the bottom of the league standings at 0-2. Chimacum, going
into Wednesday’s game, was 2-0 (3-8), Klahowya 2-1 (3-9) and Port Townsend 1-2 (1-10). The top three teams qualify for the district tournament.
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The Wolves got their running game going early in the win over Mount Vernon Christian, racing to a 19-14 lead in the first quarter behind six points each from Wiley Hesselgrave and Aaron Trumbull. In the second period, Trumbull (five points) and Hesselgrave (six) again paced the Wolves as they led 39-26 at halftime. Hesselgrave added another seven points in the third quarter, and Coupeville entered the final frame with a 50-38 cushion. The Hurricanes hit three threepointers in the fourth quarter (and seven overall) to make a run, but the Wolves weren’t seriously threatened at the end, according to coach Anthony Smith. Aaron Curtin popped in nine points in the last quarter to help stymie any Hurricane comeback hopes.
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Makana Stone flies to the hoop against Mount Vernon Christian.
Smith altered his starting lineup for the game, inserting a guard, Risen Johnson, in place of a post, and the addition of speed paid dividends. Mount Vernon Christian had trouble with Coupeville’s quickness, which led to 31 free throws for the Wolves; they made 19. “We were in attack mode,” Smith said. “We got the ball out and ran.” Since the loss to South Whidbey a few days earlier, Coupeville “refined” a few things on defense, Smith said. Different rotations in the zone helped the Wolves pick off Hurricane skip passes. Hesselgrave finished with 24 points, Trumbull 13, Curtin 12, Johnson six, Joel Walstad four and C.J. Smith two. “It was good to get the win; it was good for our confidence,” coach Smith said. “I am happy for the boys, but we still need to practice hard.” He added, “We have to have the mentality that ‘we haven’t done anything yet.’ League games are the ones that matter.”
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An early long-range attack and hot free-throw shooting from Mount Vernon Christian helped the Hurricanes edge the Coupeville girls. Mount Vernon Christian, ranked eighth in the state 1B poll, bombed away for six three-pointers in the first quarter and torched the Wolves for a 24-9 lead. KimberLynn Anderson drilled treys in three consecutive possessions. After tallying eight field goals in the first period, the Hurricanes added only three more (one in each quarter) the rest of the way. Free throws helped them secure the win, hitting 21 of 31. Conversely, the Wolves didn’t take advantage of their free opportunities, sinking only nine of 25. Coupeville coach David King said they prepared their defense to harass the Hurricane shooters, but the Wolves failed to slow the MVC attack in the opening period. Meanwhile, the Wolves got off to a slow start, with Julia Myers (four points) the only player to sink more than one hoop in the first quarter. “From then on, the game turned into a very good game,” King said. “We turned things around defensively and slowly crept back into the game.” Coupeville trimmed the lead to 30-21 at the break and then evened the score at 36 heading into the fourth period. The third-period surge was spurred by strong defense, King said, with a handful of steals leading to easy buckets. Makana Stone scored seven points, Kacie Kiel four and Madeline Strasburg three in the period to lift the Wolves back into the game. Fouls hurt the Wolves in the fourth quarter. Myers fouled out midway through the period, and fellow post Hailey Hammer exited
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Aaron Trumbull powers through the Mount Vernon Christian defense. soon after. The game was tied at 41, then the Hurricanes dropped in 12 free throws and Coupeville couldn’t recover. Strasburg drilled a three-pointer in the final seconds to get the Wolves within two. Coupeville was forced to foul with four seconds left, and the Hurricane converted both shots to ice the game. Stone recorded another statstuffing game, finishing with 16 points, 12 rebounds, six steals and three assists. Strasburg added 10 points, three steals and three assists; Myers and Kiel had eight points each; Wynter
Thorne had one point and seven rebounds; and Hammer had three points and three steals. MVC’s Jacqueline Chase led all scorers with 22. “Despite the poor defensive effort in the first, we finally showed up and played three strong quarters,” King said. “Our goal is to make districts, get through district play and move on to state. “For this to happen, we need to correct some things. Teams will not roll over and just let us come out and win. We need to get tougher mentally and continue to show the fight and positive energy we had for the final three quarters.”
Soccer players hold fundraiser The Littlejohn sisters, Mia and Kalia, of Coupeville and Malia Hansen of Oak Harbor are hoping to play soccer in Spain this summer. The trio compete for the Northwest United U15 premier team, which is based out of Burlington. The club has been invited to play in San Sebastian, Spain, July 6-11 in the Donosti Cup, which will feature 350 teams from nearly 20 countries. To make the trip, the Whidbey players need to meet the financial obligation required for the journey. So far they have held a raffle, Hansen said, and donations are being accepted at www.gofundme.com/whidbey-spain Next up is a dinner, fittingly with a Spanish theme, at the Coupeville Recreation Hall at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24.
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TRANSPARENCY: Port appointment raises concerns about transparency From page 1 The way the port handled this appointment this time around raises two potential issues, Krier said. The first is whether the board engaged in a meeting by email. The Whidbey Examiner’s public records request for all emails and documentation regarding the appointment revealed a series of emails between Day and individual commissioners informing them of the situation. “For your information, Commissioner Bronson has had a conversation with John Carr regarding the possibility of his interest in filling the upcoming empty commissioner position in District 2,” Day wrote in two separate emails to commissioners Larsen and Mike Diamanti. Bronson was copied on both. In subsequent emails, Day communicates with the board members separately that he’d been in communication with Carr and asked him to submit a letter of interest. The letter was then forwarded to each commissioner. Krier said the second issue raised in this situation is the potential for polling,
where one person, in this instance the executive director, goes to each individual commissioner to get their opinion on a situation. “Votes and collective decisions cannot be made outside of a public meeting,” she said. “If they’re making a decision, who made the decision? Whether each board member knew the other’s opinion — those are all legitimate questions.” In a follow-up interview with Diamanti, he said Day discussed with each commissioner the fact that Carr had expressed interest in filling the position. He said he felt it wasn’t good to only have a two-person board and the position needed to be filled right away. “I’ve known John in the past and over the years knew he had a good reputation,” Diamanti said. “I was very much in favor of him filling the position. If someone had expressed interest I would have considered them too.” Diamanti said business is often conducted in scenarios like this where a situation comes up, the executive director contacts each commissioner individually and ex-
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John Carr was appointed last week as a commissioner for the Port of Coupeville. plains the situation and gets input. “The executive director doesn’t say ‘Marshall thinks this or Mike thinks this,’ ” he said. One example, he said, was where the port ran into a $400 cost overrun on its current fuel float replacement project. Diamanti said the executive director called each
commissioner individually to explain the situation. “If we think it’s a good idea and there’s consensus, he makes the decision,” Diamanti said. Krier said a lot of port districts delegate those kinds of decisions to a staff member, but if this port has
reserved those decisions for themselves, they have to be done in a public meeting. “If the executive director is basically gathering votes, it has to be done in a meeting,” she said. “They can’t cast votes through a poll.” One of the issues considered when addressing polling is whether the board members are being informed of what other members think, Krier said. In one email obtained in the records request from Day to Bronson, Day wrote, “Commissioner Diamanti dropped by the office today and mentioned that he held a very favorable opinion of John Carr.” Day, who started in midDecember, said he doesn’t believe he’s engaged in polling. He said he believes the email correspondence obtained in the records request seems pretty clear. “They (the commissioners) can’t talk to each other and they’re good about not talking to each other,” he said. “I don’t know if they talked to each other. I know
they didn’t talk to each other within my purview. “Basically we’re trying to get stuff done with very little money. These are non-partisan unpaid positions and I don’t think they’re wonton for power, they’re trying to do something good for the port.” As the executive director, Day said he’s the one who puts together the agenda, which is approved by Bronson prior to publishing. “There’s no intent to cover anything up or do the port harm,” he said. “There’s a lot on the port’s plate this year and we’re just trying to get business done.” Both Day and Diamanti maintain they don’t believe the port handled the situation incorrectly but were willing to listen to concerns. “My rule of thumb is everything is on a case-by-case basis,” Diamanti said. “I’ve been through the OPMA trainings. “The port has been very conscientious. If there’s additional information to consider, we will certainly address that.”
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Whale of a workshop is set for Jan. 24 It’s that time of year again when Whidbey Islanders will gather to talk about whales, whales and more whales. Orca Network’s annual Ways of Whales Workshop is 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Coupeville Middle School Performing Arts Center, 501 S. Main St., Coupeville. The 2015 workshop features presentations on a variety of cetaceans, from North Puget Sound gray whales who feed in Possession Sound and Saratoga Passage each spring and the thriving populations of humpback whales that visit the Salish Sea to the endangered Southern Resident orcas, coastal water blue whales and the acrobatic Pacific white-sided dolphins. The day will feature presentations by the region’s top cetacean experts and advocates. That includes Howard Garrett, Orca Network; John Durban, with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Fisheries; and John Calambokidis with Cascadia Research. The event will also include a special song from Dana Lyons. Environmental education displays and materials will be available throughout
the day, including a table from Orca Network’s Langley Whale Center gift shop, with whale books, DVDs, CDs, field guides and more. Cost of the workshop is $35 ($25 for students and seniors), and a hot lunch may be available for purchase for an additional $10. Finally, a post-workshop fundraiser for Orca Network is 5-8 p.m. It will include food and drink, a discussion of the day’s workshop and a special screening of the new documentary “Fragile Waters,” produced for Orca Network by filmmakers Rick Wood and Shari Macy, about Southern Resident Orcas and their need for salmon. Rick and Shari will attend the screening and hold a questionand-answer session after the movie. This event will be held at the Nordic Lodge, 63 Jacobs Road, south of Coupeville. Cost is $25/person. Further information and online registration are available at www.orcanetwork.org Orca Network can be reached by email at info@orcanetwork.org or by calling 360-331-3543 or 1-866-ORCANET.
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Along with three homeless-centered open houses, the survey will include an expanded definition of homelessness to include additional people who are “doubling up” or living with friends or family. This year’s count will also include a youth initiative, which will send volunteers to count the younger homeless in places they hang out. The landscape of homelessness is very different in each region and age group. For instance, Pelant said, the homeless in more rural areas appear to be staying in abandoned structures in wooded areas, whereas the homeless closer to cities are living in tents, cars or with others. In order to prevent double counting, names will
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be entered into the federal Homeless Management Information System and eventually end up in a congressional report, Pelant said. Homeless-related funding issued to states and counties is based on the counts. The other function of the count and the open houses is to connect people with the services they need, Pelant said. “We want to let people know what’s out there,” Pelant said. “It’s really about connecting and making everybody count,” said Jackie Henderson, the county’s human services director. “We want to hear their stories and know the issues they are dealing with.” Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Pelant at 360-678-7962. The homeless count community events — open to all homeless, potentially homeless or people interested in helping the homeless community — will be held Thursday, Jan. 29 at the following times and locations: n 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Spin Cafe, 658 SE Bayshore Drive in Oak Harbor. Hot food, clothes, massage, haircuts, shoe vouchers, hygiene kits and veteran services will be available. n 1-6 p.m. at Bayview Hall, Bayview and State Highway 20. Hot meals and beverages, snacks, clothing, shoes, hygiene kits and veterans resources will be available. n 2-6 p.m. at Camano Chapel, East Hall Room, 867 S. West Camano Drive. Meals and hygiene kits will be available.
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whidbey island’s community calendar Thursday Jan. 22
Clean in 2015! Let’s Talk Detox!, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Jan. 26, at the Coupeville Library. Join Toni Marthaller, integrative nurse practitioner, for a lively discussion about environmental toxins and our health. Learn what we can do to stay healthy.
Geek Speak: OverDrive for Mobile Devices, 2-4 p.m., Jan. 22, at the Coupeville Library. Learn how to download free eBooks from the library using the OverDrive Media Console. Discover the everexpanding collection of titles available from Sno-Isle Libraries. Bring library card, Adobe ID and fully charged tablet or mobile device. Free. www. sno-isle.org Faces of the Tsunami, 3-4 p.m., Jan. 22, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. The second-largest earthquake in recorded history generated a wave nearly 500 feet high traveling at 150 miles per hour. Within 20 minutes, about 240,000 Indonesians died, and shortly thereafter, the same tsunami hit Thailand (8,000 dead), India (8,000 dead) and Sri Lanka (26,000 dead). Friends of the Oak Harbor Library present Bill McDaniel, talking about the strength and dignity of the people he met during that three-month response effort and his book, “Faces of the Tsunami.” Holland-American Koffie Klets Meeting, 3-4 p.m., Jan. 22, at San Remo Restaurant. Come for good conversation and “gezelligheid.” Call Jan Ellis at 360-675-2552 for more information.
Friday Jan. 23 Create a Blueprint for your Life: Learn to Treasure Map, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Jan. 23, at the Coupeville Library. Kristi O’Donnell has been creating life treasure maps since 1990. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to create a treasure map that helps visualize personal goals. Craft supplies will be available, or bring your own. Bring a photo of yourself with you, or they can snap a photo at the library and print it. No art experience is necessary. Meet Children’s Author Ken Mochizuki, 1-1:45 p.m., Jan. 23, at the Coupeville Elementary School. Ken Mochizuki is the award-winning author of “Baseball Saved Us” and “Heroes.” His stories both introduce children to the ways that stereotypes can be hurtful using examples from our nation’s history and encourage tolerance and respect for all people. Funded by the Friends of the Coupeville Library. These events/activities are not being sponsored by the local school, and the school/district assumes no responsibility for the content, conduct or safety of the events/activities.
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Saturday Jan. 24 Dual Exhibit Opening, Jan. 24, at the Island County Historic Museum. The museum’s permanent canoe exhibit is opening, but so is Historic Whidbey’s temporary traveling exhibit, “Northwest Treaty Trail.” The 12-week exhibit focuses on the whirlwind treatymaking tour of Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens in 1854-1856. This troubling period relieved native peoples of their lands and relegated them to reservations. The dual openings take place one day after “Treaty Day,” when local native peoples celebrate the anniversary of the Point Elliott Treaty — and their resilience as a people since it was signed. Ways of Whales Workshop, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Jan. 24, at the Coupeville Middle School Performing Arts Center. The workshop features presentations on a wide variety of cetaceans, from the local North Puget Sound Gray whales to the acrobatic Pacific White Sided dolphins. The day will feature presentations by the region’s top cetacean experts and advocates. Following the Ways of Whales workshop is an Orca Network fundraising event, with food and drink and discussion of the day’s workshop, and a special screening of the new documentary “Fragile Waters,” produced for Orca Network by filmmakers Rick Wood and Shari Macy. This event will be held at the Nordic Lodge, 63 Jacobs Road, south of Coupeville. Cost is $25 per person. Fruit Tree and Vine Pruning and Training, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Jan. 24, at the Pacific Rim Institute, Coupeville. Learn how to effectively prune
your fruit trees and vines on Whidbey Island. Class will include some lecture followed by an outdoor lab with handson practice. Bring your own lunch and hand pruning tools — we will sharpen on site. Cost is $15. Visit www.paci ficriminstitute.org to register and for more information.
Sunday Jan. 25 Whidbey Community Chorus Spring Registration, 5-7:30 p.m., Jan. 25, at the First Free Methodist Church, Oak Harbor. The Whidbey Community Chorus, under the direction of Chet Hansen, invites singers to join the chorus in preparing for its annual spring concerts. “Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales” will include John Rutter’s “Monday’s Child” and “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic” by John Bratton and a medley from “Into the Woods,” among others. Weekly practices are Sunday evenings at the First United Methodist church, and concerts are scheduled for May 1 and 3. Individual dues for the season are $30 for adults and $15 for high school and college students. Call Kay at 360-678-4148 for more information, or visit www.whidbey commchorus.org
Monday Jan. 26 The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, 1:303:30 p.m., Jan. 26, at the Coupeville Library. Elizabeth Kolbert’s 2014 nonfiction book covers past mass extinctions and demonstrates that Earth is in the midst of a “sixth” great extinction, driven
by human activity. Climate Reality Education & Advocacy Team (CREATE) members present information from the book with a discussion to follow. Whidbey Island Radio Control Society, 7-9 p.m., Jan. 26, at the Family Bible Church, Oak Harbor. Learn how where to fly and how to operate your RC safely. Everyone is welcome. Come learn the FAA rules and meet our pilots. At Whidbey Island Radio Control Society, they fly everything from RC gliders to turbine jet aircraft. The goal is to promote a fun and safe atmosphere with a family feel. www.wircsrc.com Western Film Festival, 2-4:15 p.m., Jan. 26, at the Oak Harbor Library. Made in 1939, the film stars James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. Destry, played by Stewart, is the son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper who doesn’t believe in gunplay so is subjected to much ridicule in the town of Bottleneck. A classic western to be enjoyed on the big screen.
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Tuesday Jan. 27 Loons at Deception Pass Field Trip, 9 a.m. to noon, Jan. 27, at the West Beach parking lot in Deception Pass State Park, north end. In the winter, Red-throated Loons gather in great numbers to feed in Deception Pass at the turn of the tide. Sarah Schmidt and Joe Sheldon are the trip leaders for this Whidbey Audubon hosted field trip. Carpools leave from the Coupeville Transit Station at 8 a.m. and Windjammer Park on South Beeksma Drive in Oak
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Thursday Jan. 29 Ready Readers: Preschool Storytime, 9:30-10:15 a.m., Jan. 29, at the Coupeville Library Meeting Room. Books, sing-along songs and creative activities that prepare young minds for reading. For ages 2 to 5 years. Free. www.snoisle.org
Saturday Jan. 31 Keepers of Admiralty Head Lighthouse Annual Meeting, 10 a.m., Jan. 31, at the Coupeville Library. Immediately following the meeting, the public is invited to a presentation given by Al Sherman, a Coupeville native, on the journey of the Big Guns from the Philippines to Fort Casey State Park. Sherman was involved in this project that enhances the visitor experience to Fort Casey State Park. 360-675-7269. Families in Motion with Fitness Trainer Claudia Losada, 2-2:45 p.m., Jan. 31, at the Oak Harbor Library Meeting Room. Parents and children play, dance and move together with music and active games. Children will learn fitness and have fun along the way. Families can use library resources for more ways to beat the winter doldrums. No registration required. For children ages 5 and up.
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INVITATION TO BID UPDATE 2800 Gallon Water Tenders
S o u t h W h i d b ey F i r e / EMS is seeking sealed bids from qualified firms t o bu i l d t w o ( 2 ) n ew 2800 gallon water tenders. Interested fir ms should visit our website at www.swfe.org/publicinformation/jobs-bids/ for REQUEST FOR complete bid specificaPROPOSALS (RFP) tion and requirements, TO or request by email at SOUTH WHIDBEY bids@swfe.org. FIRE/EMS Sealed bids shall be FOR c l e a r l y m a r ke d 2 8 0 0 WEBSITE G a l l o n Wa t e r Te n d e r MANAGEMENT and received by mail, CONTRACT delivered, or in person S o u t h W h i d b ey F i r e / to: EMS is soliciting propoSouth Whidbey Fire/EMS sals from qualified web5535 Cameron Road site development firms Freeland, WA 98249 for contract services to update, improve, and and due by 4:30 P.M. maintain the distr ict’s February 10, 2015. Bids website. An interested will be opened and read firm should propose ser- aloud that same day folvices to satisfy this need lowed by a detailed refor the period of Febru- view to forward a recomar y 2015 – December mendation for award at 31, 2017. The require- the regularly scheduled ments and qualifications Board of Commissionare contained in the pro- er’s meeting Februar y ject descriptions. Each 12, 2015 at 5:30 P.M. at proposal should address t h e s a m e a d d r e s s . these requirements and S o u t h W h i d b ey F i r e / qualifications. SWFE EMS reserves the right identifies that the most to reject any and/or all important factors in de- bids and waive all infortermining the appropri- malities in the bidding ate provider, in order of p r o c e s s . Q u e s t i o n s importance are: about bidding should be directed to 1. Price/costs. Deputy Chief Jon Beck 2. Term. at 360-321-1533 or 3. Ability. resource@swfe.org. 4. Capacity. PROMOTE YOUR RE5. Experience. 6. Quality of previous GIONAL EVENT for only pennies. Reach 2.7 milperformance. 7. Compliance with stat- lion readers in newspautes and rules relating to pers statewide for $275 classified or $1,350 disbusiness practices, play ad. Call this news8. Reputation. 9. Responsiveness to paper or (360) 515-0974 SWFE’s obligations and for details. time limitations. Found
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Motorhomes
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LEGAL NOTICES IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR ISLAND COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of GILBERT JAMES ENGEN, Deceased. NO. 14-4-00161-6 AMENDED NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Last Will and Testament of the above named decedent has been accepted into probate under an Adjud i c a t i o n o f Te s t a c y. DONA L. ENGEN has been appointed to han-
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LEGAL NOTICES dle all matters of this estate. Persons having claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims wo u l d b e b a r r e d by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the attorneys of record at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the cour t. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after any potential creditor was served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the deced e n t ’s p r o b a t e a n d nonprobate assets. /s/Dona L. Engen DONA L. ENGEN Estate Representative DATE OF FIRST PUBL I C AT I O N : J a n u a r y 22, 2015 McPHERSON & McPHERSON, P.L.L.P. By:/s/Molly McPherson M O L LY M C P H E R SON, WSBA #23027 Attorney for Personal Representative ADDRESS FOR MAILI N G O R S E RV I C E : P.O. Box 1617 One NW Front Street Coupeville, Washington 98239 Legal No. WEX610848 Published: The Whidbey Examiner January 22, 29, February 5, 2015.
1996 CHEVY MARK 3 VAN $1800. Rebuilt engine. New rear end. Runs well! Coupeville. Call Jack 425-293-5623 Motorhomes
OAK HARBOR, 98277.
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